(GH: Northwest News Network correspondent Anna King reports on wine tweeting for Northwest Public Radio.)
Posted: Friday, March 26, 2010
RICHLAND, WA – Thousands of assessments of Washington merlot zipped across cyberspace last night. Vino experts and average wine fans alike logged on to Twitter for a virtual wine tasting event. It’s a first for the...
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(GH: Anna King of The Northwest News Network reports on a battle between wine makers and wine critics on Northwest Public Radio.)
Posted: Friday, March 5, 2010
RICHLAND, WA – Some big names in the Northwest wine industry have been quarrelling publicly — online. Gut punches on Facebook have led to rebuttals on blogs and plenty...
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Garden City based Cinder Winery has been on the receiving end of some very good press lately (not that that’s altogether unusual thing for husband and wife team Joe Schnerr & Melanie Krause).
In February, Cinder made Wine Business Monthly’s seventh annual “Hot Small Brands” list, which the magazine says “includes some of today’s most exciting...
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Agricultural weekly The Capital Press says “Grape lovers in Treasure Valley no longer have to travel outside the area to attend viticulture classes.”
According to the paper, an introductory course involving both classroom and vineyard work began this fall at the Treasure Valley Community College just across the border in Ontario, Oregon.
“Some of the...
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(GH: A story from Anna King at the Northwest News Network on a winning Washington wine)
RICHLAND, WA – A Washington State winery has earned an honor that could translate into big sales for the Northwest wine industry. Out of 17,000 wines, it landed the number-one spot on Wine Spectator magazine’s top 100 list....
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Idaho’s wine industry in flourishing. Nothing illustrates that better than the state’s annual Thanksgiving wine tastings. Some 16 southern Idaho wineries will open their doors, pop corks and tap barrels over the holiday weekend. Below is a list of participating wineries courtesy of the Idaho Grape Growers and Wine Producers Commission.
And for more information on Idaho’s...
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(GH: In the last of a three-part radio series called “The Crush” the Northwest News Network looks into how the wine industry is adjusting to the new economy. Here’s a link to the third story of the series):
If you want to see stars outside of Hollywood, head to a Northwest winery. Across the region...
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(GH: In the second of a three-part radio series called “The Crush” the Northwest News Network looks into how the wine industry is adjusting to the new economy. Here’s a link to the second story of the series):
WALLA WALLA, WA – The bad economy has hit the Northwest wine...
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(GH: In an excellent three-part radio series called “The Crush” the Northwest News Network is looking into how the wine industry is adjusting to the new economy. Here’s a link to the first story of the series):
WALLA, WALLA, WA – Walla Walla is known as Washington’s wine capital. But as the economy has...
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This weekend, I’ve been invited to an event billed as “Idaho’s First Inaugural Wine Boot Camp.” It’s a media tour put together by The Idaho Grape Growers and Wine Producers Commission that involves a pub-crawl-style wine and food tasting through downtown Boise on Friday evening and a tour of Valley wineries on Saturday.
With that...
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